A great deal has been written about how one should play when under the gun, pre flop. Conventional wisdom tells us to only play premium hands from this position. Secondly we are told that if we are a conservative player we should be aggressive and if we are a loose player we should try to camouflage our hand.
In my opinion it is far more complicated than that. One can play rather creatively under the gun and approach this disadvantageous position from a position of strength. Before one can begin to contemplate defying conventional wisdom, one must first have a good grasp on the following: Continue Reading »
Some people would say that I am the wrong individual to be giving advice on the subject being I have never won the main event in my two attempts, and will probably never win it, as I have no intention of ever playing it again in its current format.
One would think that a skilled player would have a significant advantage over a field of players, and in most cases this would be accurate. After all, a skilled player is most likely to get his chips in when he is ahead rather than behind, thus, a skilled player is more likely to face a bad beat than the novice player. Let’s look at some examples though as to how the probability of a skilled player surviving a particular field of players varies significantly. Continue Reading »
All too often I will be somewhere, minding my own business, and someone will walk up to me with a specific hand question. The discussion will begin in a usual format “I had XX and was up against YY”… It is at this point that I will interrupt the individual and begin with a barrage of questions: “What position where you in? What position was your opponent in? Who started the action? What was the other players’ at the table involvement in the hand? What were the chip stacks? How has the play been thus far? How many hands has the other player been involved in? What type of hands has he been showing down?” and so on. You would be amazed as to the small percentage of players that were able to offer an answer that would define the “situation” rather than the hand. Continue Reading »
[The following is John "The Greek" Leontakianakos' opinion on H.R. 4777, otherwise known as the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.]
I have done quite a bit of research on the matter over the last couple of months and wanted to share so of the findings with those of you that had made mention of the topic. There have been constant on going efforts, both domestically and abroad to regulate Internet gaming. For those of you that are not aware of this, Internet Gambling has been ILLEGAL in the US since 1998. So, it is difficult for one to image that is could be made “more illegal” then it now is. Nonetheless, there are those that still address the issue as if there are some new concerns regarding the Internet. Other than politicians drawing attention to themselves, it is of no consequence. The primary “fear cry” has been access by minors to such sites. Continue Reading »
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